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Monument Number 42899
Hob Uid: 42899
Location : Lancashire Lancaster Hornby-with-Farleton
Grid Ref : SD5720067560
Summary : Medieval moated site with small moated outwork and connecting channels, surviving as earthworks.
More information : (SD 57226755) Moat (NR). (1) Homestead moat near Camp House, Hornby-with-Farleton (no further information given but see plan). (2) The earthwork at SD 573676 "consists of a square mound of side 120 ft, surrounded by a composite wall of rough, small stones with larger cemented stones underneath and with cobbles over clay inside. This wall is surrounded by a ditch about 25' across A further moat or ditch surrounds the first one but ... is ill-defined ...." (3) In fair condition. Published survey (25") revised. (4) The moat is very well defined on air photographs but no trace of secondary moat mentioned in Authy 3 is visible. (See also SD 56 NE 17). (5) Site surveyed in 1978, revealing a small moated outwork, 8m across, NW of the main moat, connected via channels to the River Lune; surviving masonry on the platform and a hollow-way linking the moat to the main road to the east. (6) SD 5720 6756. Camp House moated site, moated outwork and connecting channels. Scheduled RSM No 13405. (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1919.
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Source details : VCH Lancs 2 1908 550 Plan
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Source details : Letter (H Whitaker 7.8.57) & Plan
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Source details : F1 BHP 28-OCT-69
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : APs (OS 69/041 041-2,5.4.69)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Moated sites Res Gp Rep 6 1979 12-13 paln (J Withersby)
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : English Heritage SAM List Lancs March 1994 8
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Moat
Evidence : Earthwork

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LA 180
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 13405
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 56 NE 5
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1964-01-01
End Date : 1965-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-10-28
End Date : 1969-10-28

Monument Number 42899